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• Broadcom Delivers World's First 28nm Multicore Communications Processor Series (Monday Oct. 01, 2012)
  Broadcom today introduced the 28nm XLP® 200-Series, a new line of low-power multicore communications processor solutions optimized to meet the performance, scalability and efficiency demands of enterprise, service provider 4G/LTE, data center, cloud computing and software defined networking (SDN) environments.
  
  
• Silicon Image Expands MHL Product Line with Four New Products (Wednesday Sep. 26, 2012)
  Silicon Image today announced the expansion of its MHL portfolio with four new products—the SiI8558 MHL transmitter, the SiI9296 MHL-to-HDMI bridge, the SiI1296 MHL-to-VGA bridge, and the SiI9293 dual-mode MHL/HDMI receiver
  
  
• New Atmel Cortex-M4 MCUs Consume 66% Less Power, Provide Highest Efficiency (Tuesday Sep. 25, 2012)
  Atmel today set new low-power and efficiency standards for ARM® Cortex™-M4 processor-based microcontrollers (MCUs) with the launch of the new SAM4L family of devices, based on industry-recognized benchmarks.
  
  
• Micrel and Marvell Deliver World's First Standards-Compliant Ethernet PHYs for In-Vehicle Networking (Tuesday Sep. 25, 2012)
  Marvell and Micrel today announced the world's first fully interoperable IEEE 802.3 standard-compliant Ethernet PHY for in-vehicle networking.
  
  
• Ambarella S2 IP Camera SoC Delivers 4K Ultra HD Resolution Video (Friday Sep. 21, 2012)
  Ambarella's S2 family of SoCs is based on a Dual Core ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-A9 CPU and a high-performance video engine that delivers multi-stream H.264 encoding up to 4K (3840x2160p30) resolution for outstanding image clarity and detail.
  
  
• Samsung Begins Mass Producing Industry's Highest Density (128GB) Embedded NAND Storage (Thursday Sep. 20, 2012)
  Samsung Electronics today announced that it has begun volume production of 128-gigabyte (GB) embedded memory for next-generation smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.
  
  
• Silicon Image Announces Advanced DTV Port Processor Solution With InstaPrevue Technology (Wednesday Sep. 19, 2012)
  Silicon Image today announced the industry's most advanced port processor solution for the television and display markets, the SiI9687. The SiI9687 is a 4-port HDMI® port processor that is also compliant with the latest MHL 2.0 specification.
  
  
• SK Hynix Introduces DDR3L-Reduced Standby for Mobile Solutions (Tuesday Sep. 18, 2012)
  SK Hynix announced that it has introduced DDR3L-RS (Reduced Standby) DRAM for mobile solutions using its 20nm class technology.
  
  
• MoSys Announces Second Generation Bandwidth Engine IC Delivering up to 384 Gbps Throughput in a Single Device (Monday Sep. 17, 2012)
  MoSys today announced a second generation Bandwidth Engine device optimized for high-speed buffering applications. The device is based on a second generation architecture that includes higher speed interfaces and adds industry leading Intelligent Error Management capabilities.
  
  
• Peraso Introduces Industry's Smallest Fully Integrated 60 GHz Transceiver (Monday Sep. 17, 2012)
  Peraso Technologies Inc. today announced the immediate availability of the PRS1021 Low Power 60 GHz Transceiver. The PRS1021 is targeted at emerging mobile applications such as multi-gigabit wireless I/O and high definition wireless display.
  
  
• ClariPhy Announces Enhanced 40G LightSpeed Coherent SoC to Boost Performance of Coherent Optical Transport in Metro and Regional Networks (Monday Sep. 17, 2012)
  ClariPhy Communications announced today an optimized 40G coherent SoC for metro networks.
  
  
• Renesas Electronics Introduces USB 3.0 Hub Controller with Industry-Leading Low Power Consumption and Small Mounting Area (Monday Sep. 10, 2012)
  Renesas Electronics today announced the availability of its SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) hub controller SoC, the µPD720210, for use in hubs that enable connection of multiple devices supporting the USB 3.0 standard, such as PC peripherals and digital TVs.
  
  
• Kalray Announces First Samples of MPPA-256 Processor in 28nm (Monday Sep. 10, 2012)
  Kalray today announced the availability of first samples of the 28nm MPPA-256 processor targeting embedded applications among them Imaging and signal processing. This resulted from the 28nM development and production partnership established with GUC and TSMC.
  
  
• IDT Announces World's First PCI Express Gen 3 NVMe NV-DRAM Controller (Thursday Sep. 06, 2012)
  IDT today announced the industry’s first NVM Express (NVMe) enterprise non-volatile DRAM (NV-DRAM) controller with native support for PCIe® Gen 3.
  
  
• Sequans' Second Generation LTE Technology Approved by China's MIIT (Thursday Sep. 06, 2012)
  Sequans announced that its second generation LTE baseband chip has been officially approved by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) for use in China.
  
  
• Scaleo chip introduces SILant, a functional safety technology enabling ISO 26262 ASIL D system design at no performance compromise (Monday Sep. 03, 2012)
  Scaleo chip, announced today the introduction of SILant®, a superset of innovative technologies offering ISO 26262 compliant ASIL D system design without compromise in performance.
  
  
• Silicon Image Announces Approved Module Program for 60GHz WirelessHD Products Targeting Consumer Video Applications (Wednesday Aug. 29, 2012)
  Silicon Image today announced the launch of the Approved Module Program (AMP) which offers qualified original device manufacturers (ODMs) access to the Silicon Image GameChanger™ Reference Platform designs for the fastest path to volume production of WirelessHD® standard-compliant products.
  
  
• Adapteva Delivering on Vision of the Future of Parallel Computing (Wednesday Aug. 22, 2012)
  Adapteva today announced that it is sampling the fourth generation of its Epiphany multicore architecture, making the ground-breaking performance and energy efficiency of the Epiphany platform widely available for co-processing solutions to be implemented by industries requiring the next leap forward in parallel computing.
  
  
• IDT Introduces Industry's First NVM Express Enterprise Flash Controller (Wednesday Aug. 22, 2012)
  IDT today announced the industry’s first NVM Express (NVMe) enterprise flash memory controller with native support for PCIe® Gen 3.
  
  
• IntelliProp, Inc. Announces New SATA Bridge with NCQ (Thursday Aug. 16, 2012)
  IntelliProp announced today the availability of a new SATA Bridge with NCQ, the IPA-SA117A-BR
  
  
• Ubiquisys Raises $19M Investment to Meet Demand for 3G/LTE/WiFi Public Small Cell Hotspots (Thursday Aug. 16, 2012)
  Ubiquisys today announced it has raised $19m in an oversubscribed round from new investors Mobile Internet Capital and Nissay Capital, together with existing investors including 5CCG/Sallfort Privatbank AG, Accel Partners, Advent Venture Partners, Atlas Venture and Yasuda.
  
  
• CSR Debuts First SiRFstarV Chip Optimised for Mobile Devices - Selected by LG Electronics for New Flagship Smartphone (Thursday Aug. 16, 2012)
  CSR today introduced the new SiRFstarV 5t tracker, the first SiRFstarV architecture product optimised to deliver continuous, highly accurate location awareness to the latest generation of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.
  
  
• Nitero Demonstrates First Multi-Gigabit Ultra-Low Power 60GHz Wi-Fi Solution for Mobile Devices (Tuesday Aug. 07, 2012)
  Nitero, a fabless semiconductor company developing next-generation 60GHz Wi-Fi solutions for mobile devices, today announced that it has begun demonstrating its multi-gigabit, ultra-low power Wi-Fi solution to select industry partners.
  
  
• Semtech Launches First Sub-GHz Multi-Mode PHY Transceiver (Thursday Jul. 26, 2012)
  Semtech today expanded its RFIC platform with the new SX1257, a low power digital I/Q RF multi-mode PHY transceiver. The SX1257 is the first available solution to support all mandatory and optional IEEE 802.15.4g PHY modes including orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM).
  
  
• Vitesse's SynchroPHY Family Sets New Standard for Timing Accuracy in Mobile Networks (Wednesday Jul. 25, 2012)
  Vitesse Semiconductor today unveiled its SynchroPHY™ portfolio of 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GE), 10GE and 10GE OTN PHYs.
  
  
• QuickLogic's CSSPs Enable TI's Sitara AM335x ARM Cortex-A8 Processor to Support High-Resolution Cameras (Monday Jul. 23, 2012)
  QuickLogic today announced a complete, ready-to-use solution for the Sitara™ AM335x ARM® Cortex™-A8 processor from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI). The QuickLogic solution enables TI’s AM335x processor to support high-resolution cameras through a low-power parallel Camera Interface (CAM I/F) port.
  
  
• Genesys Logic USB 3.0 Hub Controller - GL3520 is Certified by Microsoft Windows 8 Hardware Certification Kit (WHCK2.0) (Friday Jul. 20, 2012)
  Genesys Logic today announced its high performance USB 3.0 hub controller, GL3520, has achieved Microsoft Windows 8 Hardware Certification for successfully meeting the performance, quality, and feature criteria of Windows 8 based systems.
  
  
• Atmel Introduces First Reconfigurable Processor That Enables On-the-Fly Adjustment of Space Applications (Tuesday Jul. 17, 2012)
  Atmel today announced the Atmel ATF697FF, the newest member of the Atmel SPARC V8 processor family and the industry’s first radiation-hardened (RAD Hard) high-performance aerospace microprocessor that can be reconfigured on-the-fly.
  
  
• InvenSense Sets a New Industry Benchmark with the World's Smallest Six-axis Integrated MotionTracking Device (Thursday Jul. 12, 2012)
  The MPU-6500, delivered in a 3x3x0.9mm QFN package, is the world's smallest 6-axis MotionTracking device and incorporates the latest InvenSense design innovations for MEMS 3-axis gyroscopes and accelerometers, enabling dramatically reduced chip size and power consumption, while at the same time improving performance and cost.
  
  
• Samsung Samples Industry's First 16-Gigabyte Server Modules Based on DDR4 Memory Technology (Friday Jul. 06, 2012)
  Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that it has begun sampling the industry's first 16-gigabyte (GB) double data rate-4 (DDR4), registered dual inline memory modules (RDIMMs), designed for use in enterprise server systems.